TW: mentions of violence against trans people
Just some facts from a CREDIBLE source (I’ll link down below).
“According to the information collected, the vast majority of killings targeted gay men and trans women, or those perceived as such.“
“The life expectancy of trans women in the Americas is between 30 and 35 years of age.”
(The life expectancy of Americans is ≈ 80. That’s literally less than ½.)
“Trans women are reluctant to report cases because they fear retaliation and discrimination from the police and law enforcement agents.”
“Approximately 80% of trans persons killed were 35 years of age or younger.”
“Violence against trans persons, particularly trans women, is the result of a combination of factors: exclusion, discrimination and violence within the family, schools, and society at large; lack of recognition of their gender identity; involvement in occupations that puts them at a higher risk for violence; and high criminalization of trans women.”
“Trans women and other gender non-conforming persons are often targeted by law enforcement agents, who tend to act based on prejudice and assume they are criminals; and are often discriminated against in the justice system, which has a tendency to subject trans women to a stricter application of the law and harsher penalties.”
Trans women are literally human, and no human should have to argue that they should be able to live past 30. So how about instead of tearing others down, lets build each other up and just live our lives.
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/lgtbi/docs/Annex-Registry-Violence-LGBTI.pdf
